Web-based Interactive Activities The Game and website provide the opportunity for students to be confronted with new information and learning. It is important to allow students the time to participate and explore. It is also important that the students enter into the on-going discussion on Advertising Techniques page. They are also required to add to the vocab building process.
Strategies to enlist the support of individuals and groups outside the school:
Contact Citizen’s Advice, volunteer groups, High School, Polytech, Teacher Training, Computer clubs, Computer in Homes Co-ordinator,
Use the school newsletter and the local paper.
Timetable in senior school staff
In school skills audit. Gifted and talented students.
Local advertising companies or department. Local radio stations.
Strategies and suggestions for engaging parents:
As access to the wiki is vital, a strategy for each family needs to be created. If the family does not have internet connection, access to the school, public library should be investigated. Perhaps once a week the school provides access until 6.30pm.
Encourage students and parents to access the game together.
Encourage parents to use the discussion board
Survey parent skills that could be utilised.
The Wiki: The wiki is central to the delivery of this unit. Everyone must have access. Teachers must allow time to manage & monitor the wiki. Also time to respond to discussions.
It is important to maintain a balanced approach when examining the media/advertising. Every effort should be made to include local advertising people.
This unit
- Uses an Inquiry learning approach.
- Involves students, parents and the community
- It creates a partnership with the home in order to embed media literacy skills into both environments. Hopefully an on-going venture.
- It will provide an opportunity to use familiar and new ICT tools.
- It has a Health and English focus
- It has authentic learning activities and authentic assessment activities.
- The Wiki is central to all activity
- Involves collaboration and group work
- Includes self and peer evaluation
Web-based Interactive ActivitiesThe Game and website provide the opportunity for students to be confronted with new information and learning. It is important to allow students the time to participate and explore. It is also important that the students enter into the on-going discussion on Advertising Techniques page. They are also required to add to the vocab building process.
Strategies to enlist the support of individuals and groups outside the school:
- Contact Citizen’s Advice, volunteer groups, High School, Polytech, Teacher Training, Computer clubs, Computer in Homes Co-ordinator,
- Use the school newsletter and the local paper.
- Timetable in senior school staff
- In school skills audit. Gifted and talented students.
- Local advertising companies or department. Local radio stations.
Strategies and suggestions for engaging parents:- As access to the wiki is vital, a strategy for each family needs to be created. If the family does not have internet connection, access to the school, public library should be investigated. Perhaps once a week the school provides access until 6.30pm.
- Encourage students and parents to access the game together.
- Encourage parents to use the discussion board
- Survey parent skills that could be utilised.
The Wiki:The wiki is central to the delivery of this unit. Everyone must have access. Teachers must allow time to manage & monitor the wiki. Also time to respond to discussions.
It is important to maintain a balanced approach when examining the media/advertising. Every effort should be made to include local advertising people.